Business Notes for Dec. 29, 2024

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor. Information and photos can be submitted at https://www.thegazette.com/business-notes/submit/

Small business of the week: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, last week named Elliott Art Studio of Greene County as her small business of the week.

In 2023, Chad and Alyssa Elliott moved to Jefferson, in west-central Iowa, and opened a home studio that became a creative hub for aspiring artists. A gallery in the front displays finished pieces, while a workshop in the back provides room to develop art. The business hosts local concerts and open mic nights and also sells apparel and home decor designed by Chad Elliott.

Ernst, the ranking member on the Senate’s Small Business Committee, is naming one exceptional small business of the week in each of Iowa’s counties during this congressional session.